Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1701 to 1710 of 1945.

• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, price control is an essential part of development. We know the French Revolution and even the ones that gave birth to Christianity, Islam and Judaism were as a result of high prices of basic goods. As much as we understand and appreciate free market ideology, there is no free market anywhere in the world. We have travelled far and wide. All markets of the world have certain controls whether visible or invisible. It is our cardinal responsibility to provide bread, unga and other basic foodstuffs to our electorates. At Independence, politicians were agitating for food, ... view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister inform this House why he wants to put this money in the Supplementary Budget and why the Voi Municipal Council should not put it in their own budget? The cemetery saga was a result of the same reason. The Ministry of Local Government put it in its Supplementary Budget and it did not go through the council. view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I represent the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. We have gone through this Bill very carefully. In essence, this is a very good Bill. There are some elements which have been raised by hon. Kenneth that we have already touched on. I urge the Assistant Minister to deal with those couple of issues, especially the issue of thresholds, because they will be used by the overzealous officer to frustrate the system. Threshold is very important. Threshold also means that what you are looking at--- Are you looking at one street or one view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to ask the Minister whether he is truly truthful when he says that Mr. Dennis Awori sought and obtained another job. Is he aware that before Mr. Dennis Awori left, he was with Toyota Kenya as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and was forced to leave but has returned to Toyota Kenya for a different job? He did not need to be recruited for it. He returned to it. That is the first question. I do not know whether I can add another one? view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this matter the Minister may or may not comment. Is he aware that the High Commissioner’s residence in London is in a terrible shape, something equivalent to some of the slum houses in Brickstone? That House is on one of the lanes called Millionaires Road. What is the Minister intending to do about that house in terms of renovation? It is in a terrible situation and I have personally seen it. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have known Mr. Dennis Awori since 1966. view
• 17 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Minister tell us whether he knows of a school in Chebrok, the only school in that area for the deaf and dump which was closed down about six months ago? Why was it closed down? view
• 12 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister mentioned that many of the 14 tanneries only go up to wet blue stage. Could he confirm that there was three industries that were carrying on leather to full processing? One of them was the Leather Industries of Kenya. However, many of them closed down because of disproportional taxes that actually favoured the exportation of wet blue. It made more viable for wet blue to be exported rather than to be processed here as the end product. view
• 12 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Could the Minister tell us what action he has taken in respect to the New Nyanza General Hospital houses that have been grabbed? Those houses are occupied by doctors and the hospital’s critical staff who are now being harassed. We have written letters to the Minister on a number of occasions, informing him that those houses have been grabbed by some influential people. view